Happy hump day everyone! So here we are day two of the 2 year recap. If you missed yesterday's post, the Allen fam is celebrating the two year anniversary of buying our first house, to celebrate, we're looking back at how far the place has come in the first two years. Today I bring you updates of the 2nd floor bedrooms, and both the back and front porch. Below you will see Gus' (aka Gus the READ MORE

A cool looking side table showed up on craigslist yesterday and I had to jump on it. I've been casually looking for awhile but had some pretty strict functionality criteria that made the pool of potential tables small. On top of looking seriously great I needed the table to have a drawer for remotes, small toys, and secret diaper stashes AND I needed open space underneath to easily conceal a toy READ MORE

I thought I'd try and be all cool like Daniel over at Manhattan Nest and spend an evening removing paint from my bedroom door knobs, It would've been cool if it won't have been so hard. So I've been wanting to remove the paint from these knobs for awhile and here is the reason why; on the main floor of our house none of the knobs have been painted and they are all kinds of this beautiful dark READ MORE

Oh man, I totally got all nerdy yesterday. After watching 2 episodes of Secrets from a Stylist I felt inspired to pretend I was a stylist (yeah right.) Anyway I went around and found all my pillows and tchotchkes set them all out in a pile and then practically put them back in the same spots I found them in. Also, I would never leave that sheepskin on the coffee table, that would READ MORE